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...when the attacks started after your “women in science” speech, did you not strongly defend yourself and your argument from the outset? You’re certainly capable of engaging in a debate. It felt a little like John Kerry’s reluctance to confront the Swift Boat veterans, who eventually got the best of him. What was holding you back? LHS: Every group has had, can have, and will have great scientists, and I never wanted to do anything that suggested that I or Harvard thought anything else or wanted to send...
...charges—said he was “not knowledgeable of the facts and circumstances to be able to express an opinion as a consequence of my recusal.” The Harvard Corporation’s senior fellow, James R. Houghton ’58, would later defend Summers’ response—or lack thereof. “Given his recusal, his consequent lack of knowledge of the University’s deliberations on the matter and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ practice of maintaining the confidentiality of its disciplinary procedures, it would...
...founded is the rock of change, the recognition of the fact of change, and Harvard has not forgotten, nor has it ceased in its actions, to affirm, that the future will be won by those who are capable of creating the future, not by those who undertake to defend the present...
...economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest-wage country is impeccable” could serve as the epitaph for the presidency of University President Lawrence H. Summers. While his supporters might defend this infamous phrase in the name of “freedom of expression” or excuse it as an unfortunate slip, critics find it typical of a carelessness of expression that mocks both logic and human decency—a carelessness that pursued him into his presidency.There is much public confusion over why Summers resigned, and the speculations are a Rorschach...
...Democrats were quick to point out that, as victories go, it was an expensive one. "If they have to spend $5 million to defend a seat where the Republicans have such a huge advantage, the question remains whether they will be able to spend that kind of money in 40 or 50 districts," said Bill Burton, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "The Republicans simply do not have the resources to cover the waterfront, if this is what it takes to defend San Diego...